In like a lion: West Michigan freezes over, goes subzero overnight

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The tail end of winter truly is sticking around as long as possible.

West Michigan again dipped to some brutal, bone-chilling lows Monday morning, with Grand Rapids falling to 8 degrees below zero. Despite the cold, it wasn't record-breaking: -9 degrees was recorded on this day in 1943.

Not a single location across the region was able to stay above zero overnight. That's including the Lakeshore, where temperatures usually are buffered by the relatively warmer waters of Lake Michigan.

These warmer water temperatures, if you can consider them as such, are out to mid lake at just above freezing. The shoreline itself once again has frozen over after recent arctic blasts and have contributed to the colder air sticking around the lakefront.